[tech junkie]

A word on migrating Wordpress installations

One of the reservations I had about migrating this blog from Wordpress.com to a hosted Wordpress installation was the difficulty I thought I would have migrating all my content over. I also wasn't sure if the same themes and widgets would be available to me. The concern around themes and widgets was put to rest quickly after a few short searches for the stuff I wanted. I also read an article a few days prior about exporting the post content from the site using the export tool built into W...

MobileMe Media Sync — Apple Patent Watch

File this under awesome x rad. Seriously, I find it so annoying when can't carry on listening (or watching) to my current song or podcast when I move from one device to another. Sitting at my desk listening to a podcast on iTunes and switching to my iPhone when I have to dash off somewhere is mildly frustrating because I need to get to the correct podcast and then scan for the spot I was at before I can pick up where I left off. With this I should just be able to pop my earbuds in and hit pla...

In-house Radio.app in the works for iPhone and iPod touch

Someone at Apple and myself are clearly on the same wavelength. This afternoon while I was driving home and listening to a podcast on my iPhone 3GS, I mused about how awesome it would be if the 3GS had a built in FM radio, just like the new iPod Nano's. I conceded that it wouldn't be possibly as the required hardware doesn't exist in the device. Tonight, I see this article not only claiming that Apple are already developing the app, but the device has had the hardware in it for some time t...

Side scrollers making a comeback ?

[Rating:10/10] A mate of mine told me how awesome Shadow Complex was one night while we were defending the Earth from a locust horde invasion. I asked him what it was all about and he basically told me that it was based on the idea of the old 2D side scrollers we enjoyed in our youth, but that this was actually pretty awesome. I dismissed his comments and steadied my shotgun for another headshot. A few days later I thought I'd see what he was on about. Well, let me tell you. It was alm...